Yank Kenny

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division
Heavy
status
inactive
bouts
24
rounds
153
KOs
88.89%
career
1894-1904
debut
1894-01-30
ID#
sex
male
alias
aka Kenney or Kinney
nationality
USA
height
6′ 1½″   /   187cm
residence
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Box-Pro 24 Bouts
w-l-d
last 6
result
Jan 1904
19141
WLLWLL
Broadway A.C., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
L
Result from the Philadelphia Item. Jeffords had Kenny down 4 times before the referee stopped it.
Jun 1902
73516
WWWWWD
Globe Theater, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
L
From the Philadelphia Item.
Mar 1902
1847
DWWWWW
Liverpool Gymnastic Club, Liverpool, Merseyside
L
Feb 1902
56515
WWWWWW
The Circus, West Hartlepool, County Durham
L
Hartlepool Northern Daily Mail - Monday 03 February 1902 p 3
Dec 1901
52515
WWWWWW
Adelphi Theatre, Liverpool, Merseyside
L
Billed English Middleweight Title
Sporting Life - Saturday 14 December 1901 p 6
Nov 1901
4298
LLWWDW
New Savoy Theatre, Klondike, Yukon Territory
L
Date Uncertain-Source Matt Donnellson The Irish Champion Peter Maher
Aug 1900
511
WWWDWW
Hercules A.C., Brooklyn, New York
L
After a wild exchange both swung for the head but Martin's blow got there first.
Jun 1900
3546
LWWWWW
Broadway A.C., Brooklyn, New York
L
According to some reports Kenny did not appear to be in the best of shape. It was a looping right-hander that finished Kenny.
Apr 1900
debut
Metropolitan A.C., Wheeling, West Virginia
W
Wheeling Daily Intelligencer. Muncie quit after the first round due to his demands for a glove replacement not being met.
Mar 1900
2552
WWWWWW
Coliseum, Hartford, Connecticut
L
Kenny went down from a blow to the jaw in the third and again in the sixth from a punch to the body. He was unable to rise before the ten count.
Aug 1899
441013
LDWWWD
Coney Island A.C., Brooklyn, New York
L
Kenny outweighed Bonner by almost 30 pounds.
Jun 1899
1063
LLWWLL
Coney Island A.C., Brooklyn, New York
W
Weights from The New York Sun. The two men put up a terrific slugging match and had each other tottering more than once, but Kenny was landing more often and ended the bloody scrap with the decision. Both men were covered with gore at the final bell.
Feb 1898
633
WLWLWL
American A.C., Chicago, Illinois
L
Chicago Daily Tribune.
Jan 1898
10655
WWWDNN
Arena A.C., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
L
Source Matt Donnellson The Irish Champion Peter Maher
Jul 1897
120
LWL
Sisterville, West Virginia
W
Source Wheeling Daily Intelligencer
Mar 1896
1032
WWWWDL
Red Cross Armory, Cleveland, Ohio
L
Billed as Baker of Chicago, IL.
Kenny was down five times before the referee stopped it.
Sep 1895
211
DLWW
Saginaw, Michigan
W
Date uncertain-Source Matt Donnellson The Irish Champion Peter Maher
Jun 1895
310
WWLW
New Baltimore, Ohio
W
Billed for the Heavyweight Championship of Northern Ohio and $500 (Sandusky Register).
[Indianapolis Journal] Ruhlin was down twice in the 16th round and was unable to continue so the referee stopped the fight.
Apr 1895
debut
Saginaw, Michigan
W
Exact date in April unclear. Source Detroit Free Press, Apr 16, 1895
Mar 1895
debut
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
W
Date uncertain-Source Matt Donnellson The Irish Champion Peter Maher
Jun 1894
350
LWWNLL
Buffalo, New York
L
Date uncertain-Source Matt Donnellson The Irish Champion Peter Maher
May 1894
343
LDLWWL
Arbeiter Hall, Wyandotte, Michigan
D
Finish Fight. Omaha Daily Bee. May 9 1894.
Apr 1894
debut
Detroit, Michigan
W
Source Detroit Free Press. Reported as "Jim Peters, better known as The White Peters"
Jan 1894
debut
Michigan A.C., Detroit, Michigan
W
Source Detroit Free Press (MI); Pittsburgh Daily Post (PA). Kenney's debut, having taken up boxing three weeks prior; but this was not a pro bout but for the amateur Heavyweight Championship of Michigan.
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